Energy Entrepreneurs

en·tre·pre·neur:one who organizes, manages, and assumes the risks of a business or enterprise

The Market

1. Baseline your buildings

2. Pick your Tools

The Investment

1. Build a Team 2. Assessments 3. Findings

The Numbers

ECRM

Energy Cost Capital Simple

Savings Savings Cost [$] Payback

[kWh] [$]   [yrs]

       

M1: Reprogram AHU Run Command Logic 450,037 $38,703.14 $2,760.00 0.07

M2: Install Variable Speed Drive on Chiller Plant 116,197 $9,992.94 $19,860.00 1.98

M3: Replace Malfunctioning Variable Speed Drives 152,139 $13,083.94 $11,340.00 0.87

M4: Establish New Static Pressure Setpoint 375,308 $19,192.55 $40,365.00 2.10

Combined   $80,972.57 $74,325.00 0.92

1. Define a schedule

2. Define resources

3. Define success

The Plan

The Long Term

1. Discuss the impact on maintenance and operations

2. What is going to be done to make sure the savings persist

3. Training and Systems Manuals

M&V

1. Methods and Tools 2. Simple 3. Complex

Final Report

1. Good or bad, follow up

2. Discuss success in terms of payback and savings

3. Discuss failures in terms of lessons learned

Investor Confidence Project

Part of a larger effort to create an energy efficiency marketplace for investors

In the same way mortgages and loans are packaged and sold to investors

Outlines a standardized process so that investors are confident in the projects they are “buying”

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